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On Tuesday, 9 June 2026, the European Justice Forum in partnership with European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) and MEDTECH Europe, organised a working lunch titled "Liability Frameworks in the Life Sciences Sector and their Implications for the EU Single Market", hosted by MEP Adam Jarubas, Chair of the SANT Committee and co-hosted by MEP Anna Zalewska, European Conservatives and Reformists, MEP Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Socialists and Democrats, in the European Parliament, in Brussels.

On Monday, 8 June 2026, the European Justice Forum organised a roundtable titled "Consumer Protection and Product Liability Challenges in the EU - Lessons to be Learnt from the Nordics", held at Avenue des Arts 6-9, Brussels.

Berlin: The draft bill presented by the Federal Government “on the modernisation of product liability law” has received mixed reviews from experts. At a public hearing of the Committee on Law and Consumer Protection on Monday, the planned 1:1 implementation of a corresponding EU directive was criticised by some as going too far and by others as being too unambitious.

In 2024, the European Union made significant changes to the EU product liability regime by amending the Product Liability Directive (“PLD”), to update it in light of technological and other developments. The EU and EFTA Member States, together with Northern Ireland, are required to transpose the revised PLD by the end of 2026. The law will then enter into application in product liability cases before judges throughout the EU, EFTA and Northern Ireland.

Roundtable in Brussels warns diverging implementations of the revised Product Liability Directive increase litigation risk and undermine EU competitiveness.

Brussels, 02 April 2026 - Senior business leaders, legal experts and policymakers warned at a Brussels roundtable on 24 March that inconsistent implementations of the revised Product Liability Directive (PLD) will fragment the Single Market, increase litigation risk and weaken Europe’s competitiveness unless the European Commission provides early guidance.

Pros and Cons of the new French Decree n^o 2025-1191 of 10 December 2025 on the admission of associations and other bodies to conduct domestic and cross-border group actions and specifying their obligations regarding publication of their fundings.

In accordance with the DDADUE 5 law, France has published Decree No. 2025-1191 to create a clear legal framework for collective claims supported by third party funders. The framework includes processes for authorizing organisations to represent claimants in "actions de groupe" and the law imposes important new governance and transparency norms in the field of collective litigation in France.

As Sweden, Denmark, and Finland prepare to transpose the EU’s revised Product Liability Directive (PLD) into national law, a new ECIPE study argues the Nordic countries implementation of the directive will set a critical precedent for the rest of the EU. The report, Consumer Protection in the Age of AI, argues the Directive’s shift towards a US-style litigation model could threaten the proven and trusted consumer protection systems in Sweden, Denmark, and Finland.

On 21 January 2026, a cross-sector group of business associations issued a joint statement renewing their call for proportionate, harmonised EU-level rules on professional third-party litigation funding (TPLF). The statement highlights the rapid expansion of for-profit litigation funding in Europe, which continues to operate with limited transparency and fragmented oversight, despite the presence of more than 300 funders in the EU.